Webair reveals global plot with new ‘Master’ plan

New flow: Garden City-based Webair is hoping to bring its cutting-edge IT services to larger global audiences through a new professional collaboration.

October 3, 2019

By GREGORY ZELLER //

A new “master agent” alliance will introduce Webair’s advanced IT services to an impressive range of potential clients.

The Garden City-based provider of cloud and managed-infrastructure solutions announced this week an “official partnership” with AVANT Communications, a Chicago-based distributor of next-generation IT technologies. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the union will see AVANT advisors pitching Webair’s high-touch, fully managed services “as part of a best-in-class solutions portfolio,” according to Webair.

“We’re thrilled to be working with AVANT to offer our industry-leading, enterprise-class services to a broader audience of IT professionals,” Webair Chief Business Officer Gerard Hiner said Wednesday, while AVANT President Drew Lydecker called the Long Island firm “a natural fit for AVANT’s ecosystem.”

Gerard Hiner: Synergistic.

That ecosystem contains many “channel partners” – third-party providers that hitch their IT stars to AVANT’s worldwide wagon. Each boasts its own niche expertise (connectivity, security, unified communications and more), now strengthened by Webair’s managed-cloud proficiency, according to Lydecker.

“Businesses need to evolve their tech stack if they hope to withstand the accelerating pace of IT change,” the AVANT president said. “We’re pleased to offer them access to world-class solutions like Webair.”

Lydecker called the 21-year-old company “a topnotch provider of managed-cloud and IT-infrastructure solutions,” while trumpeting the potential for accelerated global sales as AVANT folds in, and rolls out, Webair’s services.

And the Garden City-based company, already global in nature, also figures to enlarge its worldwide footprint through the AVANT collaboration, according to Hiner.

“Ultimately, Webair and AVANT share the same goal of providing world-class IT solutions to our clients and partners,” the chief business officer said. “This synergy is what really makes this a true partnership.”